Adverse selection in insurance requires that

a. all people face the same risk
b. potential customers facing more risk are no more interested in purchasing insurance
c. people are risk averse
d. insurers can tell higher risk people from lower risk people


c

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a competitive price-searcher market?

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